23.— (1) The Principal Act is amended in section 248(1) (amended by section 4 of and Schedule 1 to the Act of 2006) in the definition of “benefit”, by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (p):

“(p) widow’s (contributory) pension, widower’s (contributory) pension or surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension,”.

(2) Section 262(1) of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following definition for the definition of “spouse”:

“ ‘spouse’ means each person of a married couple;”.

(3) The Principal Act is amended in section 285(1) (amended by section 4 of and Schedule 1 to the Act of 2006) by substituting “by virtue of being a widow, widower or surviving civil partner, widow’s (non-contributory) pension, widower’s (non-contributory) pension or surviving civil partner’s (non-contributory) pension” for “by virtue of being a widow or widower, widow’s (non-contributory) pension, widower’s (non-contributory) pension”.